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Thirty-First 
L"T? National Encampment. 

ITINERARY 

SPECIAL G. A. R. TRAIN 

Conveying Commander-in-Chiet 

T. S. CLARKSON, 

and Staff and 

JOHN A. EHRHARDT, 

Department Commander of Nebraska, 

Staff and Delegates as 

hi« Escort. 

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Omaha, Neb., to Buifalo, 
AUGUST 21, 1897. 



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RAND, MCNALLY & CO. 
PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS, 
CHICAGO. 



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AUG. '97. 




COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S OFFICIAL TRAIN. 

Commander-in-Chief of G. A. R. 
Official Train. 

The Commander-in-Chief of G. A. R. and 
the Department Commander of Nebraska, 
having selected the Union Pacific, the Chi- 
cago & North-Western and New York, 
Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate), as the 
official routes, extends to all comrades, sol- 
diers, their families and friends, a cordial invi- 
tation to join this special train at Omaha, 
August 2 1st, which will run from Omaha, 
Nebraska, to Buffalo, New York. 




UNION PACIFIC BRIDGE CROSSING MISSOURI RIVER. 




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UNION DEPOT, AT OGDEN, UTAH. 



This train will be recognized as the Com- 
mander-in-Chiefs Ofificial Train, conveying 
himself, official staff, and Department Com- 
mander of Nebraska, staff and delegates, as 
escort. 

An invitation is not only extended to all 
old soldiers, their families and friends, v^^est 
of the Missouri river, but also all those east 
of the Missouri river, to join this official 
train. 

Comrades, their families and friends can 
avail themselves of any of the regular trains 
on Union Pacific, 

Leaving OGDEN 8.ioA,M 8.2oPJi 

Arriving CHEYENNE .... i .40 A,M 2 20 P.M 



Leaving DENVER 10.30 RM 

Arriving JULESBURG . . . . 5.i5A,M 



Leavinvr CHF.YENNE .... 2.00/LM 2 40 P.M 

•' " JULESHURG.... 5.30A.M 7.4oP,M 

KEARNEY 11.30AAI 3.05 A.M 

(iRAN I) ISLAND 12.50 P.M 4.40 A.M 

Arriving OMAHA 4-45 P.M 10.20 A,M 

and there join the otficial train. 



Itinerary. 

The official train will leave Union Depot, 
Omaha, at 0:00 p. ni., Saturday, August 21st, 
arrive in Ciiicago, 8:00 a. in., August 22d, 
via Chicago & North-Western Railu'ay. 
Will leave Chicago 1.00 p. m., Sunday, 
August 22d, via New York, Chicago & St. 
Louis (Nickel Plate) Railroad, reaching Buf- 
falo at 8:00 a. ni., Monday. August 23d. 




Park, visiting the beautiful statues of Abra- 
ham Lincoln, Gen. U. S. Grant and Gen. 
John A. Logan, at a very small cost. 

Parties taking this route will have the priv- 
ilege of returning from Buffalo to Cleveland 
by steamer, a most delightful ride, resuming 
their railroad journey at Cleveland. 

Rates. 

Rate from — 

Albion, Neb $26 65 

Beatrice, Neb 25 30 

Blue Springs, Neb 24 90 

Brainard, Neb 25 10 

Central City, Neb 26 95 

Cheyenne, Wyo 38 30 

Columbus, Neb 25 70 

David City, Neb 25 50 

Denver, Colo 38 30 

Fremont, Neb . 24 30 

Grand Island, Neb 27 60 

Granger, Wyo 51 30 

Hastings, Neb 27 60 

Humphreys, Neb 25 70 

Kearney, Neb 28 75 

Lincoln, Neb 24 70 

Loup City, Neb 28 65 

Norfolk, Neb 25 70 

Ogden, Utah 51 30 

Omaha, Neb 23 25 

Ord, Neb 28 90 

Schuyler, Neb 25 20 

So. Omaha, Neb 23 25 

St. Paul, Neb 2775 

Stromsburg, Neb 26 50 

Wahoo, Neb 24 70 



Tickets sold at above rates are good for 
return thirty days if deposited with agent at 
Buffalo. 

Pullman berth, Omaha to Buffalo, $5.50; 
Tourist berth, $2,50. 

Dates of Sale and Limits of Tickets. 

Tickets go on sale August 21st, and will 
be good to return any time within 10 days, 
or will be good for 30 days if deposited with 
the joint agent at Buffalo, and taken up 
when ready to return. 

Stop-Overs. 

Such as are usually allowed on reduced 
rate tickets — at coupon points. 





ROCK POINT, VERMILLION, OHIO. 



The C. W. Miller Transfer Company of 
Buffalo, will have uniformed agents on all 
trains, and will arrange for the prompt de- 
livery of all baggage. 

Ideals En Route. 

Passengers will get supper before leaving 
Omaha, and breakfast in depot at Chicago. 
Abundant opportunity will be given for 
meals in Chicago, and supper, after leaving 
Chicago, at Fort Wayne. 

Nebraska Headquarters. 

The Commander-in-Chief and his personal 
staff will be at the Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, 
during the Encampment. 

Brief Daily Programme. 

It is the intention of the Citizens' Com- 
mittee to have a week of entertaining events, 
commencing on Sunday, August 22, 1897, 
with services in the various churches appro- 
priate to the occasion. 

The arrival of the Commander-in-Chief 
will occur Monday, August 2^d, at 8 o'clock 
a m. On the same day will occur a parade 
of civic societies. 



In the evening a reception will be tend- 
ered to Commander-in-Chief Clarkson and 
his staff. 

On Tuesday, at o o'clock, a. m., the ex- 
Prisoners of War, Naval Veterans, and Sons 
of Veterans, will have their parade. 

During the day there will be at least so 
reunions, and a reception to officers of and 
delegates to Women's Auxiliary Associations. 
In the evening several camp-fires will be held, 
and an illuminated bicycle parade will be 
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On Wednesday, at 9 o'clock, a. m., will 
occur the grand parade of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. Line of march will be over 
clean, smooth, nicely shaded asphalted streets. 
President McKinley, and the Governors of 
several states, will review with the Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 

In the evening there will be several camp- 
fires, among them that for the Army Chap- 
lains. 

Thursday there will be about 100 reun- 
ions, and in the evening camp-fires. During 
the day will occur a parade of the soldiery 
of the present day, the Fourth Brigade, 
N. G., S. N. Y., and also a parade of ''the 
soldiers of the future," the school boys of 
the city. 

Open air band concerts will be given each 
day and evening. 

This Reunion at Buffalo promises to be 
the largest held for many years. Its central 
location, low rates of fare, the beauty of the 
City of Buffalo, and the great attractions in 
its vicinity, besides the strenuous efforts made 
'by its most prominent citizens to make the 
Thirty-First National Encampment a mem- 
orable one, all combine to insure an occasion 
which no veteran should miss if he can pos- 
sibly get there. 





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SOLDIERS' MONUMENT IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE AND LIBRARY 
BUILDING, BUFFALO. 



The City of Buffalo 

is making extensive arrangements to care for 
tile Veterans. Free quarters will be assigned 
in the city school luiiKlings and in an exten- 
sive camp near the lake and convenient of 
access by electric cars. 



Free Quarters in Schools. 

The city has fifty-six school houses, which 
have been placed at the disposal of the 
Citizens' Committee. Some of them are so 
remote from headquarters that they will not 
be assigned unless positively necessary to sup- 
ply lodgings to all. Up to March ist nearly 
ten thousand had applied for and been 
assigned to quarters in school houses. No 
assignments will be made except upon appli- 
cation of a Post over the signature of its com- 
mander or adjutant. The first applying will 
receive quarters nearest to headquarters, and 
no free quarters whatever will be assigned to 
other than members of Grand Army Posts 
(boys under sixteen years of age excepted), 
and under no consideration will ladies be 
assigned to free quarters. 

The committee will furnish a mattress, 
basins and soap, and the occupant must 
furnish such covering as he may desire, and 
towels. Blankets and quilts can be purchased 
in the city from 50 cents upwards. 

Sanitary arrangements will be provided, 
and the buildings will be guarded day and 
night. 

Free Quarters in Camp. 

Camp Jewett, to contain 10,000 veterans, 



has been established at "The Front." It is 
one of the most beautiful spots in our public 
park system, and is located at the foot of Lake 
Erie and at the source of the Niagara River, 
on a rise of ground fifty feet above the water 
— overlooking the broad expanse of Lake Erie 
and tlie rushing waters of Niagara River. The 
Canada shore opposite was the rendezvous of 
British troops during the wars witli the United 
States. The ruins of old Fort Erie, used dur- 
ing 200 years by the French and British, is 
standing as a nieinoiy of a past full of exciting 
interest. 

This will not be an ordinary camp. A 
large amount of money will be expended to 
overcome the objectionable features of which 
complaint has been made heretofore. There 
will be no soft earth to retain moisture, such 




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as may some time have been a cause of com- 
plaint against camps. The sodded meadow on 
which the tents will be pitched is tile-drained 
and free from dampness. It is the field on 
which our National Guard manoeuvers, and on 
which our citizens assemble to listen to even- 
ing band concerts. 

The tents will be fitted with elevated plat- 
forms, on which mattresses will be placed — 
thus keeping the camper above ground and 
avoiding the use of the treacherous, unreli- 
able cot. 

Accommodations. 

Hotel accommodations at Buffalo will be 
from $3.00 to $s.oo per day. Rooms in 
private and boarding houses can be had at 
very reasonable rates, about $1.00 per day, 
if inquiry is made early of Mr. D. H. Turner, 
Secretary, Ellicott Square, Buffalo, stating ac- 
commodations desired. 

Hotels. — Buffalo has a number of fine 
hotels, and their proprietors are bound by 
strict contract to charge not more than their 
regular established rates, and to accommo- 
date not more than a stated number in a 
room. The hotel rates per day will be as 
follows : 

Iroquois $4.00 and $5.00 

Niagara 4.00 " 5.00 

Fillmore 4.00 " 5.00 



New Tifft House 3.00 " 5.00 

Broezel 3.00 " 5.00 

Genesee 3.<"> " 3.50 

Mansion 250 " 3.00 

Arlington 2.00 " 2.50 

Stafford... 2.00 " 3.00 

Ontario 2.00 " 2.50 

Crandall 1.50 

Tremont 1.50 

Rienza, (lodging) 1.00 and 200 

Manhattan, (lodging)., i.oo 

In addition to the above, the coiiiniittee 
has arranged for accommodations of from 
10 to 10 persons each in small, well-equip- 
ped hotels, at rates of $1.00 to $1.^0 per 
day for lodging, and $1.50 to $2.^0 per 
day for board and lodging. Those desiring 
breakfast only can arrange for same by 
addition of 25 to 3s cents to cost of lodging. 

Accommodations in boarding houses can 
be had at rates of $i.qo to $2.=;o per day 
for board and lodging. 

At all regular hotels, and at a majority of 
the small hotels and boarding houses, con- 
tracts must be made for at least three days' 
time. 

Private Families. — A good many private 
families will entertain visitors at a charge 
usually of $1.00 per day for use of room, 
and in some instances will furnish breakfast 
Persons desiring such accommodations should 



apply at once, stating number in party, how 
many to be assigned to one room, whether 
there are ladies in party, and how many 
gentlemen with tlieir wives desire single 
rooms. 

Restaurants. — All restaurants on the Eu- 
ropean plan are situated in the heart of the 
city. They will increase their facilities for 
furnishing meals, and will charge their regu- 
lar established rates only. 

Incidentals. 

Mail. — To insure the delivery of mail, all 
intending visitors should leave instructions to 
have their mail directed to their State head- 
c^uarters, or in care of Citizens' Committee, 
Ellicott Square. This is preferable to having 
mail sent to free quarters where no one has 
authority to receive it in the absence of the 
addressee. The post office department intends 
to grant every facility for the quick delivery 
of mails. It is not advisable, however, to 
direct mail to, the general delivery department 
of the post office, as where there are such 
large numbers, even with prompt attention, 
much delay in the service must necessarily 
occur. 

Information Booths. — Booths will be lo- 
cated upon the streets, which will be in charge 



of competent and obliging persons, who will 
furnish all tlesired information as to points of 
interest, location of posts, location of reunions, 
programme of events, and location of head- 
quarters of departments. 

Excursions. 

There will be numerous steamboat excur- 
sions on Lake Erie and Niagara River to the 
many pleasant resorts on their shores, for 
which no greater excursion rate will be charged 
than 2S cents, although some of the trips 
amount to a 20-mile ride. These pleasure 
resorts are arranging for special attractions, 
and bathing, boating, and fishing can be in- 
dulged in, if desired. 

Side Trips to Toronto 

via Niagara Falls at the very cheap rate of 
$1.50 from Buffalo to Toronto and return 
by car line and regular steamer. Leave Buf- 
falo at 0:1 =i a. m., by special train, arrive 
Lewiston io:io a. m., take steamer for To- 
ronto, 49 miles across Lake Ontario, arriving 
1:00 p. m. Leave Toronto on return 4:4s 
p. m., arrive Buffalo o:=;s. The trip will 
afford an excellent view of Niagara River, 
the Falls, Whirlpool and Rapids, and steamer 
"Chippawa" has been chartered for the Lake 
trip. 



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NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. 



Niag-ara Tails. 

Niagara Falls will prepare to receive prop- 
erly the thousands of visitors who will come 
to look upon the world's greatest wonder. 
Transportation facilities will be greatly in- 
creased by the steam and electric railroads 
which run between Buffalo and the Falls. 
The committee assure visitors that there will 
be no extortion practiced upon visitors, and 
if they follow the instructions given in the 
guide pamphlet, which can be procured at 
the information booths, very little money 
need be expended to see these great falls. 

The new additional attraction at the Falls 
— that of the "Gorge" Railway, from the 
Falls to Lewiston — will attract thousands 
who have never before had the opportunity 
of witnessing the magnificent scenery o^ the 



gorge and whirlpool rapids. Special excur- 
sion rates will be made over this railroad. 

More extended trips can be taken to On- 
tario Beach, Rochester, N. Y. ; to Chautauqua 
Lake, including a ride on the lake; to the 
Thousand Islands and return; to Toronto, 
Canada, and return by lake and rail, etc. 

Niagara Falls Hotels. 

The following is a list of Niagara Falls hotel 
rates per day : 

International — Accommodates 300 people, 
$3.00. 

Clifton House — (Canada Side), accommo- 
dates 300 people, $4.00 and upwards. 

Prospect House — 100 people, $;.oo to 
$4.=;o. 

Cataract — 400 people, $4.00 and upwards. 

Kaltenbach — so people, $1.00. 

Imperial — 4=10 people, $2. so to $4.00. 

Tower — 100 people, $2.00. 

Lafayette — (Canada Side), 100 people, 
$2.00 to S-^.oo. 

State Park — i so people, $2.00. 

Niagara — 7s people, $2.00. 

Salt's — 40 people, $2.00. 

Columbian — 7s people, $2.00. 

Harvey House — 40 people, $2.00. 



Niagara Falls House — 50 people, $2.00. 
United States — 50 people, $2.00. 

Schwartz — 25 people, $2.00. 
Maley — 40 people, $2.00. 

Temperance House — 150 
people, $1.50. 

Atlantique — 75 people, 
$1.50 and $2.00. 








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